2022 Evangile
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Tasting Notes
Arguably one of the most impressive wines of the vintage, L’Evangile is superb in 2022. This has all the traits that define the top wines of the vintage – with wonderful energy to the palate, beautifully ripe and refined yet deceptively concentrated tannins. Most impressive of all is the elegance of the wine from start to finish – it’s so finely balanced, gliding effortlessly across the palate. There is wonderful clarity to the red and black fruit, with perfumed floral and dark chocolate tones adding complexity, and a saline bitterness positively fizzes on the long finish. This is outstanding. The élevage is of note, with 50% new oak, 10% in foudre and 15% amphora. Blend: 82% Merlot, 17.5% Cabernet Franc, 0.5% Cabernet Sauvignon
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James Suckling
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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The Grand Vin checks in as 82% Merlot, 17.5% Cabernet Franc, and a splash of Cabernet Sauvignon brought up in 50% new oak, 15% in amphora, 10% in foudre, and the rest in used barrels. It has another level of purity and class, with ripe red and black cherries, leafy herbs, truffle, and spice-driven aromatics. These carry to a medium to full-bodied Pomerol offering beautiful tannins, a silky, elegant mouthfeel, and a great finish. Hitting 14.2% alcohol, with a pH of 3.84 and an IPT of 75, this classy, balanced Pomerol shines for its purity and finesse, and it should blossom with just short-term cellaring.
82% Merlot, 17.5% Cabernet Franc, 0.5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Cask sample. Aromatically reticent but there’s lift and a bit of freshness. Ample fruit on the palate and tannins that are smooth and long. A crunchy note adds to the persistence. Still a little wayward but élevage should help. (JL)
Deep in color, the wine pops with its nose of violets, black cherry, spice, cinnamon, and chocolate. On the palate, the wine quickly focuses you on its core of black cherries, black plums, spices, cocoa, espresso, and savory herbs. Elegantly textured, with softness, refinement, length and freshness, the finish has length, purity, and freshness on the back end that stands out. The is a complete change in direction from the recent vintages that were focused more on density. With the 2022, the wine is about its elegant nature. The wine blends 82% Merlot, 17.5% Cabernet Franc and .05% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.5% ABV, 3.8 pH. Yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. The harvest took place August 29 - September 14. The wine is aging in a combination of 50% new, French oak, 15% amphora and 10% foudres.
About the producer
Ch. l’Evangile is a leading Pomerol estate and the Right Bank sibling of Ch. Lafite Rothschild, part of the prestigious Domaines Barons de Rothschild group.